Division with arrays?

[Marcin]

How I can make division of two numbers placed in arrays, example:

short int a[] = {2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2};
short int b[] = {1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2};

short int result[] = a / b; 'division

without additional lib's and header files, only in standart C.

 

[Keith Thompson]

How I can make division of two numbers placed in arrays, example:

short int a[] = {2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2};
short int b[] = {1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2};

short int result[] = a / b; 'division

without additional lib's and header files, only in standart C.

First, define what you mean by division for arrays. The most obvious
meaning result would be an array consisting of the result of dividing
each element in turn (a[0]/b[0], a[1]/b[1], ...), but your arrays are
of different lengths (and the 0's in b would cause problems).

 

[Kobu]

How I can make division of two numbers placed in arrays, example:

short int a[] = {2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2};
short int b[] = {1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2};

short int result[] = a / b; 'division

without additional lib's and header files, only in standart C.

You have to manually do this (go through pairs of elements - one in
each array). You're arrays are of different sizes, so your result
array will be the size of the shorter array (and division by zero has
to be handled).

example (assuming your declarations for array 'a' and 'b' are done):

..double *result;
..size_t i;

..size_t limit = (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a) > sizeof(b)/sizeof(*b)) :
sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a) ? sizeof(b)/sizeof(*b);

..result = malloc(sizeof(*result) * limit);

/* loop below divides elements of 'a' by 'b' places into result */
..for(i = 0; i < limit; i++)
..{
.. if(b[0] = 0)
.. result[0] = 123456789.123456789; /* handle divide by 0 somehow
*/
.. else
.. result[0]= (double)a[0]/b[0];
..}

At this point, the division is done, and you have a dynamically
allocated buffer (which you can reference like an array) result, which
holds the division results for each element. You have to handle
division by zero somehow, possible choosing some value that can't be
the result of your divisions.

When you're done with the result array you have to free the buffer
using:

free(result);

Otherwise, you have a memory leak.

 

[Kobu]

How I can make division of two numbers placed in arrays, example:

short int a[] = {2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2};
short int b[] = {1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2};

short int result[] = a / b; 'division

without additional lib's and header files, only in standart C.

You have to manually do this (go through pairs of elements - one in
each array). You're arrays are of different sizes, so your result
array will be the size of the shorter array (and division by zero has
to be handled).

example (assuming your declarations for array 'a' and 'b' are done):

.double *result;
.size_t i;

.size_t limit = (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a) > sizeof(b)/sizeof(*b)) :
sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a) ? sizeof(b)/sizeof(*b);

.result = malloc(sizeof(*result) * limit);

/* loop below divides elements of 'a' by 'b' places into result */
.for(i = 0; i < limit; i++)
.{
. if(b[0] = 0)
. result[0] = 123456789.123456789; /* handle divide by 0 somehow
*/
. else
. result[0]= (double)a[0]/b[0];
.}

all the subscripts within the loop should be i, not 0

 

[Luke Wu]

How I can make division of two numbers placed in arrays, example:

short int a[] = {2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2};
short int b[] = {1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2};

short int result[] = a / b; 'division

without additional lib's and header files, only in standart C.

You have to manually do this (go through pairs of elements - one in
each array). You're arrays are of different sizes, so your result
array will be the size of the shorter array (and division by zero has
to be handled).

example (assuming your declarations for array 'a' and 'b' are done):

.double *result;
.size_t i;

.size_t limit = (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a) > sizeof(b)/sizeof(*b)) :
sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a) ? sizeof(b)/sizeof(*b);

the expression to the right of the = operator evaluates to a compile
time constant, which you can use to statically or automatically
allocate a result array (if you wanted to)

.result = malloc(sizeof(*result) * limit);

/* loop below divides elements of 'a' by 'b' places into result */
.for(i = 0; i < limit; i++)
.{
. if(b[0] = 0)
. result[0] = 123456789.123456789; /* handle divide by 0 somehow
*/
. else
. result[0]= (double)a[0]/b[0];
.}

all the subscripts within the loop should be i, not 0

At this point, the division is done, and you have a dynamically
allocated buffer (which you can reference like an array) result, which
holds the division results for each element. You have to handle
division by zero somehow, possible choosing some value that can't be
the result of your divisions.

When you're done with the result array you have to free the buffer
using:

free(result);

Otherwise, you have a memory leak.

 

[Lawrence Kirby]

How I can make division of two numbers placed in arrays, example:

short int a[] = {2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2};
short int b[] = {1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2};

short int result[] = a / b; 'division

without additional lib's and header files, only in standart C.

First, define what you mean by division for arrays. The most obvious
meaning result would be an array consisting of the result of dividing
each element in turn (a[0]/b[0], a[1]/b[1], ...), but your arrays are
of different lengths (and the 0's in b would cause problems).

The question did state that theree are 2 numbers, so presumable each array
a and b represents a number in some fashion. We don't know how but at a
guess it is probably as a sequence of decimal digits. In which case some
form of decimal long division looks appropriate.

Lawrence

 

[Lawrence Kirby]

How I can make division of two numbers placed in arrays, example:

short int a[] = {2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2};
short int b[] = {1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2};

short int result[] = a / b; 'division

without additional lib's and header files, only in standart C.

You have to manually do this (go through pairs of elements - one in
each array). You're arrays are of different sizes, so your result
array will be the size of the shorter array (and division by zero has
to be handled).

1000 / 1 is 1000, i.e. the result is not the size of the "shorter array".
If there are no leading zeros in the numbers it would be
nelems(a)-nelems(b)+1, and if b is larger the result is trivially zero.

example (assuming your declarations for array 'a' and 'b' are done):

.double *result;
.size_t i;

.size_t limit = (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a) > sizeof(b)/sizeof(*b)) :
sizeof(a)/sizeof(*a) ? sizeof(b)/sizeof(*b);

Here you are using the number of elements of the larger of the 2 arrays
which would work but isn't optimal. You might just as well use simply the
number of elements of a, the result of a valid integer division can't be
larger than the dividend.

Lawrence

 

[Kobu]

How I can make division of two numbers placed in arrays, example:

short int a[] = {2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2};
short int b[] = {1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2};

short int result[] = a / b; 'division

without additional lib's and header files, only in standart C.

You have to manually do this (go through pairs of elements - one in
each array). You're arrays are of different sizes, so your result
array will be the size of the shorter array (and division by zero has
to be handled).

1000 / 1 is 1000, i.e. the result is not the size of the "shorter array".
If there are no leading zeros in the numbers it would be
nelems(a)-nelems(b)+1, and if b is larger the result is trivially

zero.

by size I mean: sizeof(array)/sizeof(*array)
I think I misunderstood the question, thinking that each array held a
separate number in each position. I now see what he probably meant.

Here you are using the number of elements of the larger of the 2 arrays
which would work but isn't optimal. You might just as well use simply the
number of elements of a, the result of a valid integer division can't be
larger than the dividend.

yeap, good point

 

[Kevin D. Quitt]

How I can make division of two numbers placed in arrays, example:

short int a[] = {2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2};
short int b[] = {1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2};

short int result[] = a / b; 'division

Is b's value 10000000000000000000000002 or 20000000000000000000000001 ?
If it's the latter, the problem is very simple. If not, it's very
slightly more complicated.

 

[Keith Thompson]

How I can make division of two numbers placed in arrays, example:

short int a[] = {2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2};
short int b[] = {1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2};

short int result[] = a / b; 'division

without additional lib's and header files, only in standart C.

First, define what you mean by division for arrays. The most obvious
meaning result would be an array consisting of the result of dividing
each element in turn (a[0]/b[0], a[1]/b[1], ...), but your arrays are
of different lengths (and the 0's in b would cause problems).

The question did state that theree are 2 numbers, so presumable each array
a and b represents a number in some fashion. We don't know how but at a
guess it is probably as a sequence of decimal digits. In which case some
form of decimal long division looks appropriate.

Ok, that's probably what the OP meant, but he needs to clarify it. Do
the arrays represent sequences of decimal digits? In what order? How
are negative values represented (are only non-negative values
representable).